Binder for official documents



(No Model.)

J. F. FITZGERALD. BINDER FOB OFFIOIA? DOCUMENTS.

o. 433,337. Patented July 29, 1390.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. FITZGERALD, OF OTTAWA KANSAS.

BINDER FOR OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 433,337, dated July29, 1890.

Application filed December 7, 1889. Serial No. 332,936. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F.FrrzeEEAL1 of Ottawa, Franklin county,Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders forOfficial Documents, the, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in binders for combined records andother oificial documents and it consists in the novel featureshereinafter fully set forth and described. V

In the drawings, which illustrate the manner of carrying out myinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved binder, showingthe cover B slightly raised, thus revealing the official papers inclosedwith said cover. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the covers A B,having the perforations through which the tape, ribbon, or cord issecured which holds the papers in position. Fig. 3 is a detail inperspective of the cord, tape, or ribbon which holds the covers A Bsecurely in position; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a screw andnut which may be used instead of the cord or tape.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the lower covering orlid, made of any suitable material, being provided with an we tensionto, which is composed of cloth or other flexible material, which willallow it to be drawn around the papers to be bound.

B is the upper cover, provided with a stiif extension 1), these beingconnected by a cloth or other suitable hinge b", which allows said coverB to be opened and closed without disturbing the documents inclosed. Ais also provided with a similar hinge a" for the same purpose.

a are holes made through the covers A B,

by which they are secured and held in position, the documents inclosedhaving corre sponding holes punched in them, thus allowing the ribbons,tapes, or cords C to pass through, where they may be suitably tied. Saidcord G is inserted in holes a from the bottom, brought upward throughcovers and papers, and thence carried over to the central hole, bothends passing downward through it and then tied in'the manner illustratedin Fig. 3. Two shorter tapes, cords, or ribbons D are then passedthrough the two holes a and tied in a suitable knot, as illustrated inFig. 3.

The extension at of covering A is, as heretofore stated, composed ofcloth or other flexible material, and made sufficiently long to coverany number of papers.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modification consisting of a screw adapted toreceive a nut which may be used as a substitute for the cord by passingthrough the perforations.

What I claim is- A temporary binder consisting of the cover A, providedwith a flexible extension a, having perforations a, and a cover B,having extensions Z), provided with perforations, and a hingedconnection between said cover and extension, a cord 0, adapted to bepassed through the said perforations, and cords D, adapted to be passeddownward through the perforations on one side of the cord 0, thencearound said cord and upward upon the other side and there secured,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. FITZGERALD.

Witnesses:

J OHN W. DEFORD, O. L. BECKER.

